The Castle Map atlas charts 12 castles, 2 fortresses, 15 palaces & châteaux and 9 ruins in Thuringia. They span from 930 to 1745.
The best known is Wartburg, #56 of 9,079 worldwide.
Where they are
Country pages: Germany.
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Castles in Thuringia
38 landmarks in the atlas.
All 38 in Thuringia
- Wartburg
Castle · 11th century · #56 worldwide · #3 in Germany
The Wartburg is a castle originally built in the Middle Ages. At an elevation of 410 metres in the state of Thuringia, Germany, it is situated on a…
- Friedenstein Castle
Palace & château · 17th century · #101 in Germany
Friedenstein Palace is an early Baroque palace in the city of Gotha, built in the mid-17th century by Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha at Gotha,…
- Schloss Weimar
Palace & château · #122 in Germany
Schloss Weimar is a Schloss in Weimar, Thuringia, Germany. It is now called Stadtschloss to distinguish it from other palaces in and around Weimar.
- Altenstein Palace
Palace & château · 18th century · #137 in Germany
Schloss Altenstein is a schloss upon a rocky hill on the south-western slope of the Thuringian Forest, not far from Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany.
- Schloss Belvedere
Palace & château · 18th century · #146 in Germany
The Baroque palace Schloss Belvedere on the outskirts of Weimar, is a pleasure-house built for house-parties, built in 1724–1732 to designs of Johann…
- Petersberg Citadel
Fortress · 17th century · #155 in Germany
Petersberg Citadel in Erfurt, central Germany, is one of the largest and best-preserved town fortresses in Europe.
- Heidecksburg
Palace & château · #219 in Germany
Heidecksburg is a Baroque palace in Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany. The palace served as the residence of the princes to Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.
- Burg Gleichen
Ruin · 11th century · #235 in Germany
Burg Gleichen is a medieval castle ruin in Thuringia, in the fields of Wandersleben near Gotha.
- Ettersburg Castle and Park
Palace & château · 18th century · #295 in Germany
Schloss Ettersburg is a palace with its extended park near Weimar, Thuringia, Germany. It sits on the Ettersberg.
- Schloss Moritzburg (Zeitz)
Palace & château · #311 in Germany
Schloss Moritzburg is a Schloss in Zeitz on the White Elster in the Burgenlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt.
- Tiefurt House
Palace & château · #324 in Germany
Tiefurt House is a small stately home on the Ilm river in the Tiefurt quarter of Weimar, about 4 km east of the city centre.
- Elisabethenburg Palace
Palace & château · 17th century · #329 in Germany
Elisabethenburg Palace is a Baroque palace located on the northwestern edge of Meiningen in Germany.
- Osterburg
Castle · 12th century · #331 in Germany
The Osterburg is a castle located conspicuously on a hill in the middle of the town of Weida in the county of Greiz in the German state of Thuringia.
- Leuchtenburg Castle
Castle · 13th century · #368 in Germany
Leuchtenburg is a hilltop castle near Seitenroda in Thuringia. The restored medieval castle complex is used for tourism and houses the exhibition…
- Wilhelmsburg Castle
Palace & château · 16th century · #369 in Germany
The Wilhelmsburg Castle in the city of Schmalkalden was a secondary residence of the Landgraves of Hesse.
- Burgk Castle
Castle · 15th century · #379 in Germany
Burgk Castle is a schloss and former castle in the county of Saale-Orla-Kreis in the Thuringian Highlands of Germany, which today houses a museum…
- Wachsenburg Castle
Castle · 10th century · #380 in Germany
Wachsenburg Castle is a castle in Amt Wachsenburg in the Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany.
- Burg Henneberg
Ruin · 11th century · #382 in Germany
Burg Henneberg, also Henneburg, is a castle ruin situated east of the present-day Meiningen district of Henneberg in southern Thuringia and was the…
- Schloss Molsdorf
Palace & château · 16th century · #385 in Germany
Schloss Molsdorf is a Baroque palace in Molsdorf, now part of Erfurt, the capital of Thuringia, Germany.
- Schloß Landsberg
Castle · 12th century · #394 in Germany
Schloß Landsberg in Meiningen is a former pleasure palace of the Dukes of Saxe-Meiningen and housed a romantic first-class hotel until December 2013.
- Burg Creuzburg
Castle · 12th century · #415 in Germany
Burg Creuzburg is located northwest of Eisenach in the town of the same name in the Wartburgkreis in Thuringia.
- Wasserschloss Irmelshausen
Castle · #434 in Germany
Irmelshausen Moated Castle is a castle in the Irmelshausen district of Höchheim, in the Rhön-Grabfeld district.
- Burg Lauenstein
Castle · 12th century · #452 in Germany
Burg Lauenstein is a medieval hilltop castle at 550 m above sea level above the Upper Franconian village of Lauenstein, a part of the town of…
- Bieberstein Palace, Hesse
Palace & château · 18th century · #468 in Germany
Bieberstein Palace is a baroque palace that was built between 1710 and 1740 by Bamberg architect, Johann Dientzenhofer.
- Ranis
Castle · 10th century · #499 in Germany
Ranis castle stands on the rock of a Zechstein reef, which forms part of a larger reef complex above the Orla valley, in and above the Thuringian…
- Lobdeburg
Ruin · #509 in Germany
The Lobdeburg is a castle ruin between Lobeda and Drackendorf, districts of Jena.
- Schloss Fröhliche Wiederkunft
Castle · 16th century · #537 in Germany
Fröhliche Wiederkunft Hunting Lodge in Wolfersdorf near Stadtroda in Thuringia is a former hunting lodge built between 1548 and 1550 by Nikolaus…
- Krayenburg
Ruin · 12th century · #541 in Germany
The Krayenburg was a castle situated on the Krayenberg hill in Germany, having the townships of Tiefenort and Merkers-Kieselbach at its foot, and…
- Citadel Cyriaksburg
Fortress · 15th century · #546 in Germany
The Citadel Cyriaksburg in the south-west of the Thuringian state capital Erfurt is an originally municipal, later Swedish, Electoral Mainz and…
- Burgruine Brandenburg
Ruin · 12th century · #554 in Germany
The Brandenburg ruin is a castle ruin near the village of Lauchröden, a district of Gerstungen in the Wartburg district of Thuringia.
- Stadtschloss Eisenach
Palace & château · #594 in Germany
Eisenach City Palace is a palace on the north side of the market square of the town of Eisenach in Thuringia.
- Schauenburg
Ruin · #607 in Germany
The Schauenburg is a vanished High Medieval castle, or castle remnant, in the district of the Thuringian town of Friedrichroda in the district of…
- Crossen Palace
Palace & château · 10th century · #612 in Germany
Crossen Palace is a Baroque palace in the municipality of Crossen an der Elster in the east of the German federal state of Thuringia, located between…
- Ehrenburg (Plaue)
Ruin · 14th century · #629 in Germany
The Ehrenburg is a castle overlooking the city of Plaue in Thuringia. The burg was constructed in 1324 by the Grafen von Schwarzburg.
- Schloss Tinz
Palace & château · 18th century · #674 in Germany
Tinz Palace is a palace built in the Baroque style between 1745 and 1748 in the Tinz district of Gera.
- Burg Greifenstein
Ruin · 12th century · #679 in Germany
Greifenstein Castle is a medieval castle ruin near Bad Blankenburg in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt in Thuringia.
- Burg Weißenburg
Castle · 13th century · #706 in Germany
Weißenburg Castle is a hilltop castle in the district of Weißen in the municipality of Uhlstädt-Kirchhasel east of Rudolstadt in Thuringia, on a rock…
- Ebersburg Castle
Ruin · 11th century · #709 in Germany
Ebersburg Castle is a ruined hill castle in Ebersberg in the parish of Ebersburg in the county of Fulda in East Hesse, Germany.
Frequently asked questions
How many castles are there in Thuringia?
The Castle Map atlas charts 12 castles, 2 fortresses, 15 palaces & châteaux and 9 ruins in Thuringia. They span from 930 to 1745.
What is the most famous castle in Thuringia?
The best known is Wartburg, #56 of 9,079 worldwide.
What is the oldest castle in Thuringia?
Wachsenburg Castle — 930.